evidence. Multinational operations have led to a shift by parent firms in the United States toward more capital- intensive and … host countries. Foreign firms generally have higher productivity than local firms, but the evidence for spillovers to local … firms' productivity is mixed. It seems to depend on host country policies and environments and on the technological levels …

evidence. Multinational operations have led to a shift by parent firms in the United States toward more capital- intensive and … host countries. Foreign firms generally have higher productivity than local firms, but the evidence for spillovers to local … firms' productivity is mixed. It seems to depend on host country policies and environments and on the technological levels …

German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tarif reductions raise parent … firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage point decrease in tarif rates can lead to total factor productivity gains …

on German and Austrian firm productivity. Unique matching of data from 1994 to 2003 suggests that tariff reductions raise … parent firm productivity significantly. A ten percentage point decrease in tariff rates can lead to total factor productivity …